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APPiUL  JOB   OFFICE   PRIITT     MONTGOMERY/.    ALA.,    AVI)   ATLANTA,    GA. 


REGULATIONS 

FOR 

HINDMAN'S   DIVISION, 


Headquarters  Hindman's  Division, 
MFarlands  Spring,  Sept.  4,  1863. 
GENERAL    ORDERS, 
3Vo.    S. 

These  REGULATIONS  arc  published  for  the  government  of  the 
troops  of  this  division,  in  camp.  They  :nv  to  fete  read  at  the 
head  of  each  company,  at  least  once  every  w  k.  Copies  arc  to 
be  furnished  all  field,  staff  and  company  officers. 

I.  The  hours  of  service  and  roll  call  are  as  follows: 

Reveille At  daylight 

Police  of  Tents Immediately  after  reveille. 

Surgeon's  Call Fifteen  minutes  after  reveille. 

First  Sergeant's  Call  -     -    -    -    Half "hour  after  reveflk. 

Breakfast At  sunrise. 

Camp  and  Company  Police    -    -    Immediately  after  breakfast 

Guard  Mounting At  8  a.  v. 

Drill From  81  to  10,  a.  m. 

Adjutant's  Call At  9  a.m. 

Officers'  Drill From  11  a.  m.  to  12  If. 

Dinner Atl2hr.v. 

Dim li, From  2  to  4  p.  M. 

Camp  and  Company  Police  -    -     -  At  31  v.  m. 
Dress  Parade  -    -    -     -    -    -    -    At  sunset. 

Suppijb Immediately  after  parade. 

Tattoo On*  hour  after  dark. 

Taps  -     -     - One  hour  (fV  r  tattoo. 


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Men  are  not  to  be  excused  from  duty  of  any  kind  except  for 
disability,  by  their  medical  officers,  and  for  meritorious  conduct, 
by  their  regimental  commanders,  or  officers  of  "higher  rank. 
Company  commanders  and  their  subalterns  are  specially  pro- 
hibited from  assuming  this  power,  in  any  case  whatever. 

II.  The  roll*  of  the  enlisted  men  of  each  conipairy  is  to  be 
called,  by  the  first  sergeant,  at  reveille,  at  morning  and  afternoon 
drill,  at  dress  parade,  and  at  tattoo. 

III.  In  the  artillery,  brigade  commanders  may  change  the 
hours  of  service  and  roll-call  as  they  may  deem  expedient,  not 
dispensing  with  any  roll-call,  nor  lessening  the  service. 

The  artillery  of  each  brigade,  though  it  may  be  camped  sepa- 
rately, is  to  report  to  brigade  headquarters,  and  brigade  com- 
manders are  responsible  for  the  due  observance  of  all  orders 
therein. 

In  the  quartermaster  department,  brigade  commanders  are  to 
enforce  the  same  rules,  in  respect  to  the  care  of  the  animals,  as  in 
the  artillery;  and  in  that  department,  as  also  in  the  commissary, 
ordnance  and  medical  departments,  they  are  to  require  roll-calls 
and  reports  of  absentees,  at  reveille  and  tattoo,  and  the  due  per- 
formance of  police  and  other  necessary  duties. 

IV.  On  Sundays  there  are  no  drills.  Inspection  is  to  be  at  8 
A.  M.;  guard-mounting  immediately  after. 

Whenever  practicable,  religious  services  are  to  be  held,  in 
camp,  on  this  day ;  and  in  such  case  the  utmost  decorum  is  to  be 
observed.  Keligious  services  at  night  are  not  to  extend  beyond 
taps.  » 

V.  At  reveille  and  tattoo,  the  men  are  to  b'e  in  ranks  when 
the  drum  stops  beating.  A  preparatory  signal  is  to  be  beaten 
five  minutes  before  all  other  roll-calls,  at  which  the  men  assem- 
ble on  their  company  grounds.  Ranks  are  formed  at  the  second 
beating  of  the  drum ;  when  it  stops  the  companies  are  called  to 
attention,  and  those  who  fall  in  after  this  are  ,to  be  reported  as 
"late." 

First  sergeants  are  to  commit  their  rolls  to  memory,  call  them 
promptly,  and  immediately  report  to  the  company  officer  of 
higliest  rank  present.  When  there  are  more  thaiv  one  of  the 
same  surname,  numbers  are  to  be  used  instead. 


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At  reveille  and  tattoo,  all  the  company  officers  arc  to  bo 
present;  and  at  least  one  is  to  be  present  at  all  other  roll-calls. 

First  sergeants  enter  first  in  order  for  fatigue  detail  all  "kites," 
absentees,  and  men  whose,  arms  or  accoutrements  are  in  bad 
condition,  or  who  are  neglectful  of  cleanliness  in  their  persons, 
clothing  or  tents. 

The  company  officer  to  whom  absentees  are  reported  at  any 
roll-call  immediately  reports  them  to  the  adjutant  of  the  regi- 
ment, with  the  names  of  the  company  officers  improperly  absent 
from  such  roll-call,  and  the  adjutant  at  once  notifies  the  regimen- 
tal and  brigade  commanders.  The  officers  to  whom  absentees 
are  reported  are  to  take1  prompt  measures  for  arresting  and 
bringing  them  to  punishment. 

VI.  At  surgeon's  call,  the  sick  in  camp  assemble  on  their 
•respective  company  grounds,  and  are  marched  to  the  hospital  by 
a  non-commissioned  officer,  one  of  whom  is  detailed  daily  for 
that  duty.  None  are  te  present  themselves  for  treatment  except 
in  this  manner,  without  special  permission.  The  non-commis- 
sioned officer  takes  with  him  the  company  sick -book,  and  returns 
it  to  the  first  sergeant,  after  the  surgeon  has  made  the  proper 
entries  therein. 

Company,  regimental  and  brigade  commanders  are  required, 
at  all  times,  to  know  how  their  sick  are  situated,  and  are  respon- 
sible for  the  prevention  of  neglect  and  ill  treatment  within  the 
limits  of  their  respective  commands.  It  is  likewise  made  their 
duty  to  see  that  the  dead  are  decently  interred,  and  the  places 
of  burial  suitably  enclosed. 

VJLL.  At  the  call  for  guard-mounting,  the  several  guard  details 
assemble  on  their  respective  regimental  color  lines,  are  carefully 
inspected,  and  then  marched  to  the  general  parade  ground  by 
the  first  sergeants.  Guards  are  to  be  mounted  strictly  in  accord- 
ance with  the  Army  Regulations,  under  the  personal  supervision 
of  a  brigade  staff  officer,  ami  the  several  regimental  adjutants  are 
to  alternate  in  mounting  the  same.  The  guard-house  of  each 
brigade  is  to  be  sixty  yards  in  front  of  the  color-line,  and  near 
the  center  of  the  brigade,  when  the  ground  will  admit  of  it.  All 
calls  are  to  be  sounded  at  the  brigade  guard-house,  aid  promptly 
repeated  at  the  several  regimental  headquarters. 


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VIII.  The  old  guard,  upon  the  next  day  after  being  relieved, 
is  to  be  the  general  fatigue  party  for  that  day.  Its  duties  are  to 
cleanse,  thoroughly,  all  the  encampment,  except  the  company 
grounds,  and  to  perform  such  other  labor  as  may  be  necessary. 

A  non-commissioned  officer  and  a  sufficient  number  of  privates 
are  to  be  detailed  daily,  by  the  first  sergeant  of  each  company, 
as  company  police,  and  are  thoroughly  to  cleanse  their  company 
grounds,  immediately  after  breakfast,  and  again  at  3  J  P.  M.  The 
commanding  officer  of  each  company  inspects  his  company 
grounds  immediately  after  the  times  above  prescribed.  At  these 
inspections  the  tents  are  to  be  in  perfect  order,  walls  raised 
(except  in  rainy  weather)  kuapsacks  properly  packed,  and  bed- 
ding neatly  folded- — the  occupants  of  each"  tent  remaining  in 
front  of  the  same  during  its  inspection. 

The  brigade  officer  of  the  day  is  responsible  for  the  due  per- 
formance of  all  police  and  fatigue  duty  within  or  near  his  lines. 
He  is  specially  charged  with  seeing  that  the  sinks  of  regiments 
and  offal  pits  of  companies  are  properly  placed  and  arranged,  and 
fresh  earth  thrown  into  them  daily;  that  slaughter  pens  are  kept 
at  least  half  a  mile  from  the  camp,  the  offal  there  buried  daily, 
and  the  hides  removed;  that  the  wagon  yards,  and  other  places 
of  keeping  animals,  are  regularly  and  well  policed;  and  that 
nothing  offensive  to  decency  or  detrimental  to  health  be  any- 
where visible. 

IX.  At  the  signal  for  parade,  each  company  is  formed  on  its 
own  company  ground,  under  arms,  and  is  thoroughly  inspected 
by  its  officers.  When  the  music  begins  playing,  the  companies 
are  marched,  in  their  proper  order,  to  the  general  parade,  which 
is  the  cO*k>r  line  of  each  regiment. 

X.  At  taps,  all  lights,  except  those  of  commissioned  officers, 
non-commissioned  staff,  and  first  sergeants,  are  to  be  extinguished, 
and  there  is  to  be  perfect  quiet  in  the  encampment.  One  officer 
of  each  company  remains  on  duty  in  his  company  grounds  for 
half  an  hour  after.taps,  enforcing  obedience  to  these  requirements, 
and  then  reports  to  the  adjutant  of  the  regiment.  All  lights, 
except  those  of  the  field  and  staff,  are  extinguished  at  11  P.  M. 

XI.  Brigade,  regimental,  and  company  commanders  are  re- 
quired to  give  close  and  constant  attention  to  the  quality  and 
quantity  of  the  rations  issued  to  their  men,  and  the  preparation 


of  the  same  as  food.  The  various  medical  officers  are  to  make 
frequent  inspections  of  the  issues  of  food  and  the  cooking  uten- 
sils, find  offer  such  suggestions,  from  time  to  time,  as  may  seem 
likely  to  promote  the  health  of  the  command. 

XII.  In  each  brigade,  a  brigade  guard  is  to  be  detailed  every 
day,  consisting- of  the  proper  number  of  commissioned  and  non- 
commissioned officers,  and  man  enough  for  a  chain  of  sentinels 
entirely  surrounding  the  brigade  encampment,  including  the 
sinks,  and,  if  practicable,  the  water. 

Between  daylight  and  dark,  officers  wearing  their  side-arms, 
and  enlisted  men  without  arms  or  accoutrements,  are  to  pass  the 
chain  of  sentinels  of  the  brigade  guard  at  will ;  but  this  does  not 
authorize  them  to  absent  themselves  from  any  duty  whatever, 
nor  to  go  more  than  five  hundred  yards  from  their  camps,  unless 
they  are  general  officers,  brigade  or  regimental  commanders,  their 
staff  officers,  orderlies,  or  couriers  on  dxity. 

•  Between  dark  and  daylight,  the  brigade  guard  challenges  all 
persons  attempting  to  pass  the  line,  and  arrests  all  who  do  not 
give  the  countersign. 

At  all  hours,  whether  by  day  or  night,  the  brigade  guard 
arrests  all  disorderly  or  suspicions  persons,  and  all  citizens 
coming  within  the  lines  without  the  written  permission  of  a 
general  officer,  or  an  officer  commanding  an  outpost  or  cavalry 
force  covering  the  lines  of  this  army. 

There  is  also  to  be  a  patrol  guard  in  each  brigade,  moving  day 
arid  night  through  and  around  the  encampment,  arresting  sus- 
picious persons,  preventing  nuisances,  and  suppressing  all  dis- 
orders. 

XIII.  From  the  division,  there  is  to  be  detailed,  daily,  or  at 
longer  intervals,  as  circumstances  may  require,  a  picket  guard, 
consisting  of  the  proper  number  of  commissioned  and  non-com- 
missioned officers,  and  men  enough  to  coverall  approaches  to  the 
camp,  and  to  keep  up,  by  day  and  night,  an  efficient  patrol 
between  the  several  picket  stations.     It  receives  special  instruc- 

1  tions,  from  time  to  time.  Each  brigade  officer  of  the  day  has 
immediate  control  over  the  pickets  detailed  from  his  brigade,  and 
is  responsible  for  their  due  performance  of  duty. 


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XIV.  Every  detachment  is  to  maintain  such  guards  as  will 
effectually  preserve  order  and  prevent  'surprise.  The  smaller 
the  body,. the  greater  the  necessity  for  vigilance.  . 

While  one  relief  of  a  guard  is  on  post,  and  another  sleeps,  the 
other  relief  is  to  be  at  the  guard  house,  awake,  and  ready  for  any 
emergency. 

Officers  and  men  detailed  for  guard  duty  are  to  take  with  them 
their  blankets  and  cooked  rations,  and  are  not,  on"  any  pretence, 
to  revisit  their  quarters  until-  relieved,  unless  in  the  proper  and 
necessary  discharge  of  duty. 

XV.  One  of  the  commissioned  officers  of  each  guard  is  required 
to  visit  all  the  sentinels  of  each  relief,  assuring  himself  that  they 
know  and  correctly  perform  all  their  duties. 

Brigade  officers  of  the  day  are  to  visit  their  guards  at  least 
once  before  dark,  and  once  during  the  night,  after  twelve  P.  M., 
ascertaining  that  both  officers  and  men  are  properly  instructed 
and  duly  vigilant. 

All  the  guards,  patrols,  fatigue  and  police  parties  of  the 
command  are  under  the  general  supervision  and  control  of  the 
division  officer  of  the  day,  and  he  is  responsible  for  their  due 
performance  of  duty. 

He  requires  those  under  him  to  make  written  reports  as  soon 
as  relieved,  and  forwards  the  same  to  division  headquarters,  with 
such  comments  and  suggestions  as  he  may  think  expedient.  He 
reports  to  the  division  commander,  in  person,  when  relieved, 
accompanied  by  the  new  division  officer  of  the  day. 

XVI.  A  sentinel  should  always  be  ready  to  fire.  He  must, 
however,  be  sure  of  the  presence  of  an  enemy  before  firing ;  once 
satisfied  of  that,  he  m  ist  fire,  at  all  hazards,  as  the  safety  of  the 
command  may  depend  upon  it.  Sentinels  fire  on  all  persons 
deserting  to  the  enemy,  or  breaking  through  the  lines  and  failing 
to  stop  when  so  ordered,  and  upon  all  persons  whom  it  is  their 
duty  to  arrest,  and  who  cannot  otherwise  be  secured. 

If  a  person  challenged  announces  that  he  is  without  the 
countersign,  the  sentinel  orders  "  stand ! "  at  the  same  time 
requiring  the  person  to  face  from  him,  and  calls  the  corporal  of 
the  guard,  with  the  number  of  the  post.     Persons  on  horseback 


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are  to  dismount,  when  approaching  sentinels,  to  give  the 
countersign. 

Officers  of  guards  an1  required  bo  to  regulate  the  movements* 
of  the  sentinels  that  they  shall  habitually  turn  on  their  posts  at 
the  same  time,  and  all  move  in  the  same  direction. 

Due  honors  are  to  be  paid  by  guards  and  sentinels,  and 
acknowledged  by  the  officers  so  complimented.  Proper  saluta- 
tions are  always  to  be  exchanged,  at  meeting,  between  officers, 
and  between  officers  and  privates. 

XVII.  All  orders  affecting  the  conduct  of  the  troops  are  to 
be  read  at  the  head  of  each  company,  that  all  may  distinctly  hear 
them. 

The  Rules  and  Articles  of  War  of  the  Confederate  States  are 
to  be  read  to  each  company,  on  the  first  Sunday  of  each  month. 
It  is  earnestly  hoped  that  little  or  no  cause  will  be  given  for 
enforcing  the  penalties  therein  pronounced  against  offenders ; 
but  all  are  distinctly  notified,  and  solemnly  cautioned,  that  seri-' 
ous  violations  of  the  same  will  be  dealt  with  as  therein  provided, 
and  no  pardons  granted. 

XVIII.  A  spirit  of  courtesy  is  to  be  cultivated,  and  harmony, 
devotion  to  the  cause,  obedience  to  superiors,  and  patient  endu- 
rance of  all  hardships,  sought  to  be  made  the  distinguishing 
characteristics  of  both  officers  and  men.  Language  or  conduct 
calculated  to  cause  discontent  among  the  troops  is  not  to  be 
tolerated,  and,  in  every  instance,  the  offender  is  to  be  put  in 
arrest  and  brought  to  trial.  This  is  made  the  duty  of  all  officers 
of  the  command. 

The  habit  of  entering  private  houses,  uninvited,  obtaining  food 
from  private  families,  and  otherwise  lessening  the  comforts  or 
increasing  the  burthens  of  the  women  and  children  of  the 
country,  is  unsoldierly  in  the  extreme.  The  practice  of  commit- 
ting depredations  upon  private  property  is  detestable.  Officers 
of  all  grades  are  to  be  held  strictly  accountable  I'm-  the  conduct 
of  their  men  in  these  respects,  and  all  damages  suffered  by  citi- 
zens are  to  be  deducted  from  the  offender's  pay.  « 

Officers  arc  reminded  that  assiduous  attention  to  every  duty  is 
the  sacred  obligation  resting  on  them;  and  that  the  censure  of 
their  own  consciences,  and  of  their  countrymen  everywhere,  will 


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assuredly  follow  them  up,  during  the  war  and  to  the  end  of  life, 
if  they  prove  remiss  in  any  respect.  The  test  of  their  fidelity  is 
in  the  condition  of  the  troops  which  they  command.  Men  well 
disciplined,  well  instructed,  and  well  cared  for,  point  out  the 
honest  officer  and.  true  patriot.  The  reverse  shows  an  officer 
unworthy  of  his  position,  and  faithless  to  the  cause. 
By  command  of  Major-General  Hindman". 

J.  P.  WILSON,  A.  A.  General 


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